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The Increasing Threat of Identity Theft
… to file a false UI claim. “If someone tried to use my name,” he said, “everybody’s at risk.” 17 As of late April …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/increasing-threat-identity-theftOpinion 88-46
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Municipal Funds … on a cooperative basis, temporarily invest unneeded funds in instruments and obligations in which all the participants are authorized to invest. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-46State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… DiNapoli. "By auditing municipal finances and operations, my office continues to provide taxpayers the assurance that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/02/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-2DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… and develop realistic long-term financial plans.” The latest round of scores is based on 2015 financial information … scores for municipalities, visit: http://wwe1.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/fiscalmonitoring/fsms.cfm To read the … Three-Year Review ,” visit: http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/fiscalmonitoring/pdf/threeyearsfsms_0916.pdf …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/09/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresDiNapoli: NYC Budget Faces Uncertainty Without More Federal Relief
… state's 180,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/12/dinapoli-nyc-budget-faces-uncertainty-without-more-federal-reliefState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… Program (Follow - Up) (2020-F-27) An audit issued in October 2019 found that certain system-generated office … or complaint level, which may limit its usefulness in decision making. Auditors also found that many residents … facilities lack regular access to ombudsman services, due in part to a decline in the number of volunteers combined …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsOpinion 90-34
… (emergency rescue and first aid squads) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §209-b(1); INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: An emergency rescue and first aid squad within a village fire department is not entitled to receive foreign fire insurance … adoption of inconsistent local legislation (see MacIsaac v City of Poughkeepsie , 158 AD2d 140, _____ NYS2d _____; 1990 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-34Selected M/WBE Purchases by Various Facilities
… also be authorized to do business in New York State and registered under the State's M/WBE program, which is … percent to women-owned businesses, for a combined annual total of 20 percent. Between February and September 2013, … these transactions is not readily apparent; especially in cases where facility staff still did the work of obtaining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2014/03/07/selected-mwbe-purchases-various-facilitiesOpinion 90-2
… with the trustees of "a public library registered by the regents to furnish library services to the people of the" … for one or more" public libraries registered by the regents. We have interpreted the term "grant" as used in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-2New Funding Needed for MTA Improvements to Prevent Unplanned Fare and Toll Hikes
… are not identified, the authority may have to raise fares and tolls faster than planned to improve a system that has … Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Maintaining, modernizing and expanding the largest mass transit agency in the nation … funding, the system could fall into further disrepair and riders could face unplanned fare hikes. The state and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/11/new-funding-needed-mta-improvements-prevent-unplanned-fare-and-toll-hikesDiNapoli Proposes Option to Help State & Local Governments Pay for Retiree Health Care
… benefits (OPEB). DiNapoli estimates the unfunded OPEB liability of New York state to be $68.2 billion and an … the individual is often eligible for benefits including a pension and health insurance. While pension costs are pre-funded and invested to help pay for …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/04/dinapoli-proposes-option-help-state-local-governments-pay-retiree-health-careFederal Balance of Payments – Federal Funding and New York
… individual states and the federal government. This annual report calculates how much each state remits to the federal … for the vast differences in population between states. Negative amounts indicate more tax revenues were remitted … Historically, New York has been a “donor state,” with a negative balance of payments; in the years preceding the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-balance-paymentsDiNapoli: Some Bright Spots for NYC Finances in FY21, but Long-Term Challenges Looming
… New York City is projecting a $3.4 billion surplus for city fiscal … because of better-than-projected revenues from income and corporate taxes, debt service savings from lower interest …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-some-bright-spots-nyc-finances-fy21-long-term-challenges-loomingPhotos: State Comptroller DiNapoli Visits Wyoming County Farm
Earlier today State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli toured Silver Meadows Farm in Wyoming County to help highlight New Yorks agriculture industry
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/09/photos-state-comptroller-dinapoli-visits-wyoming-county-farmOpinion 88-69
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. AMBULANCE SERVICE -- Contracts (by village … a private volunteer ambulance service with which the town, in which the village is located, also contracts. You ask … No. 80-85, unreported), town residents who also reside in a village within the town are paying for and entitled to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-69XII.9.C Reissuing or Cancelling a Vendor, Employee Expense, or SSP Check – XII. Expenditures
… guidance to agencies for when vendor, employee expense, or SSP checks (all commonly referred to as “A” checks) are returned and/or need to be reissued. These checks can be easily identified … “SSP” in front of it. Information on how to reissue or cancel other types of checks is as follows: Letter on …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii9c-reissuing-or-cancelling-vendor-employee-expense-or-ssissp-checkOpinion 92-30
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time … or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Codes of Ethics …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-30State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal and School Audits
… purchasing did not advertise in the district’s official newspaper, as required by law, for nine CIP contracts … would have required it. North Amityville Fire Company, Inc. – Audit Follow-Up (Suffolk County) The purpose of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-and-school-auditsDiNapoli Expands State Spending Transparency on OpenBookNewYork.com
… openbooknewyork.com , an easy-to-use search tool for the public to see how their tax dollars are being spent. This is … openbooknewyork.com and made it even easier to use. The public will now have more information at their fingertips to … for 3,100 counties, cities, towns and villages, as well as school and fire districts going back to 2001; State Payments …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/03/dinapoli-expands-state-spending-transparency-openbooknewyorkcomComptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… School District – Fixed Assets (2019M-103) The district does not have a comprehensive policy for identifying and … a total of $437,732 during the audit period. Find out how your government money is spent at Open Book New York . Track …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/08/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-1